Librarians play key roles in shaping national and international copyright policy and in protecting and promoting access to knowledge. EIFL has created a crucial network of librarians in developing and transition countries. It is essential that the members of that network have the fullest possible understanding, not just of the current copyright laws, but also of the ways in which those laws could and should be interpreted and modified in the future.
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Restrictive copyright laws create legal barriers to using resources for education, research and socio-economic development. This can have significant consequences for people who use libraries in developing and transition economy countries, where the ability to produce and use knowledge is a major factor in development.
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NEWS
We are pleased to announce the publication of our 2018 Annual Report, celebrating (...)
Libraries rely on copyright exceptions and limitations to allow everyday uses of (...)
In a written submission to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), one of the two (...)
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Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, participated in the (...)
Limitations and exceptions for libraries & archives and education have been on (...)
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, attended the 37th (...)
EVENTS
A delegation from EIFL will participate in the WIPO (World Intellectual Property (...)
The 39th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights ( (...)
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EIFL is working towards an international copyright (...)
CONTACT US
For questions, please contact the Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager Teresa Hackett:
teresa.hackett@eifl.net